The Candidate

Directed by Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, and Volker Schlöndorff
1980    2h 9m
Documentary
6.6
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In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. To prevent this the first Garde German auteur staged an episode film to expose the candidate - mainly by citing speeches, with whom he appeared in public in the course of his political career.
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  • Franz Josef Strauß
  • Ernst Albrecht

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